I think I've seen enough reports of the game freezing up where I'm pretty sure it's not just an isolated issue.

At first I was thinking my 360 was about to red ring when my game froze 3 times in a row, but then MaizeRage25 started saying in the official thread that he was having the same problems.. so I looked on GameFAQs... and others say their game freezed. There's quite a bit more below...

There's also been complaints about the shoddy framerate on a PS2 PORT, audio glitches and brief lockups.

So obviously this isn't a problem with the console... but did Rockstar really let the game through QA in this state?

Another update:Shacknews and Kotaku have both posted about it now, along with MEGATONik. Let's hope we get a response from Rockstar soon! Keep the diggs coming!

I just noticed the 1up review:

But despite the interesting narrative and excellent sandbox experience, the 360 package is somewhat spoiled by the less-than-stellar performance of the graphics engine itself. The framerate is erratic and dips every time the game loads a new area. This is particularly noticeable when leaving the confines of Bullworth Academy for the surrounding townships. Another distraction is the inconsistent visual details of the in-game world; while a significant amount of time was obviously spent sprucing up the school campus with high-res textures and models, the rest of the world runs the gambit from merely bland to absolute eyesore. There's also a significant amount of pop-in every time the camera moves quickly around the player. Perhaps worst of all, we had several instances where the game froze midmission, and since you can't save at any moment it sometimes necessitated replaying a significant amount of the game. It's really a shame that these technical problems detract from what is an otherwise outstanding experience.

We have just become aware of the issues people are having with Bully Scholarship Edition on Xbox 360. It appears that some older 360s are experiencing framerate issues, freezes and other problems. You have our word that we never experienced any of this in QA - in any of our offices or at Microsoft. I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation. Thanks to Neo-Gaf for bringing this matter to our attention. We love our games and put a huge amount of energy and care into making them all that they can be. We would never shove anything out the door - we never have and never will. We apologise to everyone affected for the inconvenience. Respectfully, Sam Houser

"We are very aware of the problems some people have been experiencing with the Xbox 360 version of Bully: Scholarship Edition and have been doing everything within our powers to resolve these issues as quickly as possible," said PR spokesperson Darlan Monterisi. "We will be releasing a title update through Xbox Live within the next week that we are confident will rectify the problem.

"We apologize wholeheartedly for the inconvenience that this matter has caused some owners of the game."

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I think I've seen enough reports of the game freezing up where I'm pretty sure it's not just an isolated issue.

At first I was thinking it my 360 was about to red ring when my game froze 3 times in a row, but then MaizeRage25 started saying in the official thread that he was having the same problems.. so I looked on GameFAQs... and some more people said their game freezed. I'm sure I could've found more if I looked harder.

Others are complaining about the shoddy framerate on a PS2 PORT, audio glitches and brief lockups.

So obviously this isn't a problem with the console... but did Rockstar really let the game through QA in this state?

He's a pretty swell guy in my books anyway.

Hmm? I don't recall the RE4 ports having any problems... both got quite a bit of praise because of how well they were done on PS2 and Wii. Unless you mean the PC port (but even that they ended up fixing and it wasn't even their fault in the first place).

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The studio in question "Mad Doc" is the Rockstar Vancouver studio after is got bought out and renamed. They are the same jolly folks that did the orginal game Bully. But on another note I hope they will release a patch soon for this, I really want to play the 360 version since I skipped on the PS2 version first time around ...

No problems then? I remember the PS2 version had a few frame rate issues even if it was always playable, I missed out on the game back then due to the amount of RPGs being released at the time but I would like to play it now if this version has no issues. If the 360 version is buggy then it's either PS2 or Wii.